Couple-based HIV prevention for low-income drug users from New York City: a randomized controlled trial to reduce dual risks.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Dual threats of injection drug use and risky sexual practices continue to increase transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted Infections (STIs) among drug-using couples in low-income communities in the United States. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) "intervention effect"-whether the HIV risk-reduction intervention provided to the couple or individual partners would be more efficacious in decreasing number of unprotected sexual acts and having a lower cumulative incidence of biologically confirmed STIs over the 12-month follow-up period compared with the attention control condition; and (2) "modality effect"-whether the HIV risk-reduction intervention would be more likely to decrease the number of unprotected sexual acts and have a lower cumulative STI incidence whe

SUBMITTER: El-Bassel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870871 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature